Mixdown Volume Level Question?

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LM1994

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Hey guys, just wondering what levels you mix each of your instruments to in your music. i make progressive house music and was just hoping for some tips on the matter i generally mix downwards with the lower frequency sounds such as bass being the loudest as a pose to high hats and rides being the quietest. been doing alot of searching and cant seem to come across much on the topic any help would be appreciated.

p.s a cheat sheet or something similar showing the particular instruments and the levels in which they peak at on average would be helpful if anybody owns one.

Cheers Guys.
 
There is no permanent template for mixing all songs. far too many factors involved. Use your ears, and compare to other tracks that you admire in the genre you are working in to get better acquainted...
 
You just need to use some reference track to compare with your mix. In fact, mixing is all about choices, I explain : in evey song there are some parts/instruments which are most important for the song like the lead instrument, the bass, the vocals and the bass for example and the other stuff like back vocals, choir etc are "bonus" there are here but not the most important. So, when you mix think about what is important to here first like the vocals, and for the backs vocals you down the volume etc etc
Good luck man, and feel free to show some of your work to give you some feedback about your mix,
Peace
 
indeed, there's no "template", listen to reference tracks.
one thing to keep in mind tho, a bass, for example, usually exists of low, mid and high ends.
you don't have to turn up the volume for a subbass, since mostly you can't really hear it.
when trying to make those things louder, focus on mids and highs. too much sub
will overpower the mix, but a little more mid may give some more bite, and tactility to your mix.
post your music here, and wait for feedback. there's plenty of posts about mixing on this forum,
so you're definitely in the right place..
 
I agree with the above posts.

Wanted to add that the volume fader moves a sound source, a group of sound sources or a mix in the Z direction within the sound stage and makes it bigger or smaller - higher volume closer to the ears and bigger at the target playback level, lower volume farther away from the ears and smaller at the target playback level. Hence the volume fader is a fader used to position and to size stuff. Furthermore indirectly the volume fader - the voltage - is also what tunes the resonance level and balances the mix.

Volume is dynamic, not static, meaning that you ride volume for the best result, becomes more and more static over the course of the overall music creation process because the overall balance and translation becomes increasingly much a focus. You can of course lock all volume faders to one position, but that also means you are lowering the potential of the resonance. You ride the faders to maximize the potential of the resonance. High resonance potential, high resonance levels, many resonance types and great balance, means high amount of listens. The volume fader controls them all. The volume fader is the most important tool and it takes years learning to use it well.
 
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